Alissa Wilkinson

Alissa Wilkinson is a critic and senior culture reporter at Vox and an associate professor of English and humanities at The King’s College. She’s the author of Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women (Broadleaf, out June 28) and We Tell Ourselves Stories (Liveright, forthcoming). Alissa’s work has appeared at Rolling Stone, […]

Dr. Sarah Abedi

Sarah Abedi is an emergency medicine physician and psychedelic clinical research scientist. She is a part of the founding team at the Psychedelic Research and Education Center at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA). She is also part of the FDA monitored phase two clinical trial which is assessing psilocybin’s effectiveness in treating depression […]

Jesse Gould

Jesse Gould is a former Army Ranger and a pioneer in psychedelic therapies for veterans. As Founder and President of the Heroic Hearts Project, he has spearheaded the research and acceptance of ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine, and psilocybin therapy programs for military veterans. Jesse has connected hundreds of veterans to psychedelic treatments, partnered with the world’s […]

Dritan Nesho

Dritan Nesho is a business executive and entrepreneur with experience in corporate strategy, market research, product development, technology, media, and public policy. He is also a co-director of the Harvard-Harris Poll, a monthly public policy poll conducted by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and The Harris Poll. Previously, Dritan served in the […]

Kyle King

Kyle King first began volunteering for UNICEF through his high school club in South Florida in 9th grade. Throughout high school, Kyle became more and more active in his club, eventually serving on the National Youth Council in his senior year! Now a junior at Yale University, Kyle’s passion for mental health advocacy has led […]

Isobel Coleman

Deputy Administrator Coleman is responsible for USAID’s policy and programming, overseeing the Agency’s Regional and Pillar Bureaus. As Deputy Administrator, she guides USAID’s crisis response, including on the National Security Council, and supports efforts to address the root causes of conflict. She also is responsible for overseeing Agency efforts to promote food security and strengthen […]

Eglantina Zingg

Eglantina Zingg is a social entrepreneur and professional in the fashion and entertainment industry. Her international experience spans from her show on MTV Latin America, through hosting Project Runway Latin America. Recently, Eglantina has been featured in Vogue’s Voices of Change and has acted as an ambassador for Espacio Vogue in Miami. Born in Caracas, […]

Josephine Nabukenya

Josephine Nabukenya is a board member and global Youth Ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. As a community advocate living with HIV, Josephine works daily to fight HIV stigma and discrimination across her home country of Uganda and has testified in front of the U.S. Congress, championing the need for increased funding to […]

Dr. Philippe Duneton

A French national, Philippe has more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of HIV/AIDS, infectious and tropical diseases and public health. Philippe has been at Unitaid since its creation in 2006. As Executive Director a.i, he has led Unitaid’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, playing a vital role as the co-lead of the therapeutics […]

Lauren Young

Lauren Young Reuters From retirement to real estate, Lauren Young (@LaurenYoung) has covered all aspects of personal finance and workplace topics for the past two decades, most recently at Reuters, where she is the editor of digital special projects and recently was recognized as a Journalist of the Year for a social media series on […]

Helen McDowell

Helen McDowell Head of Government Affairs & Global Public Health, ViiV Healthcare Helen leads global public policy, access to medicine, advocacy and global public health initiatives including public-private partnerships for ViiV Healthcare. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012; ViiV Healthcare is the only pharmaceutical company […]